List of ambassadors of Australia to Russia
The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation for Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Armenia and Belarus.This occurred on 13 October 1942 with the conclusion of negotiations between Foreign Ministers Herbert Evatt and Vyacheslav Molotov.[1] In April 1954 with the scandal of the Petrov Affair the embassy in Moscow was closed, but later reopened in 1959.The Australian Government established an embassy in Almaty, Kazakhstan in 1995 and appointed its first resident ambassador, Douglas Townsend.[5] According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the closure was due to resource constraints.
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